paul turner

I have a similar  same problem with the POS Lenova Laptop I am forced to use at work. I have narrowed the problem down to it being an issue with the interrupt system in Windows. Basically its defective. What I do is make sure I never open  the display , but only move the attached mouse or  press a keyboard key to make the external display respond. Opening the laptop necessitates a complete hard reboot to get any response from the peripherals because experience (years of trial and error) has told me it thinks there are no peripherals attached when the display is opened up. Those buffoons at MS prolly are still using the desktop Windows kernel with the Surface and trying to get it to work with all that old crappy code. The windows memory Manager is a complete and utter mess of obfuscated code , read: It can't really unfrag its heap or anything else for that matter. Putting a windows system to sleep is akin to death.

  I'd wager the kernal has "forgotten" where the cursor is after sleeping. I bet the memory manager has corrupted the cursor address and so on wake it can't figure out what to wake up freeze, or goes off to some address that leads to a freeze. Do you have peripherals attached.? It might be the same issue. In fact  I have owned several pc laptops over the years and invariably they start exhibiting this behavior.

 I don't know why it is I guess it has to do with crappy HW quality and the kernal Windshit OS. Its hard to believe that MS can still not fix such elementary things like this work. Oh wait, I'm not really THAT surprised there is minimal Quality  Control or basic testing done at MSFT is there, we are beta testers duh. Bill Gates pitched us a POS

I'm looking very much forward to retiring in one year, so I will never ever ever ever have to use a Windows based computer again. Until then its just the one of many annoyances I have to deal with at the office.

This problem which  is one of 1000's that Windows has is the reason why consumers are buying macs in droves and moving to mobile devices that actually work. If you think about it. I'm glad that Microsofts Mobile strategy is failing. At least they won't inflct any more damage on the more gullible   users who might fall for their sales tactics!

I just love it when someone, knowing I'm a techy, asks me to fix some annoyance on their Windows machine and I reply "I stopped using PC's after XP . I moved to a mac, sorry I can't help you!". I never say  , "you stupid fool- you shouldn't have bought that POS cheap garbage in the first place" that would be cruel, I let them figure it out the hard way for themselves- As the original idiot who bought into the surface hype did- I just think it. And he paid $4000 for it lol jeez what a bozo. I don't suppose he will be buying another Surface? HE WOULDN'T BE THAT STUPID WOULD HE?

cali said:

What I find funny about these articles is that the anti Apple morons always have excuses for these people using iPhone, "oh they're just studying the competition so it's not so bad!"

Now imagine if Tim Cook or Jony Ive were caught using a Galaxy phone?

"They're just testing the competition" excuse suddenly wouldn't be valid and the media would have an ABSOLUTE CIRCUS about it.

P.S. Fandroids all claim the S7 has the superior camera in the industry. Why is an android God snapping photos with an iPhone instead?

None of us want to admit it, but chances are we're all fanboys of something. Whether it's a particular brand of software, gadget, or anything else, we often rally behind companies and ideologies without even realizing it. Here's why we become fanboys and how to prevent it from happening to you.

By definition, a fanboy (or fangirl) is someone who defends their favorite phone/politician/city/browser/OS/game/console/genre/etc. while attacking everything else. Whether it's the blind trust in the next iPhone, a rallying argument about President Reagan, or a fervent argument for the PS4 over the Xbox One, we like to pick sides and stick to them. This alone is obnoxious, but it causes more than just minor annoyances: it means we attach ourselves to brands and can't think critically about the choices we make when shopping.

As a result we waste money and buy crappy products based solely on who makes them. There's no single reason this happens, but we do know a few things about basic human nature that explains why a lot of people tend to become fanboys.

All kinds of factors play into fanboyism, but there's one theory that explains where it starts: Social identity theory suggests that your idea of self-concept is derived from the social group you identify with. When you're part of a group, you're more likely to sympathize and treat other members of the group with rewards. Essentially, it helps you define "us" and "them," which our brain likes to do.

We define ourselves into groups in all kinds of ways, but one way is through the stuff we own. and it eventually transfers over to our group as a whole.

Part of who you are—and how you communicate that to others—is defined by what groups you belong to. And we naturally want to belong to high-status groups, right? Okay, fine, but everything is relative; a group isn’t high status unless there’s a low status group for it to be contrasted against. So not only do some people identify themselves as Xbox fans, they attack PlayStation owners in order to raise their status. This tendency is human nature, the researchers concluded, and a lot of other data support them. What’s more, we’re perfectly willing to do it at the drop of a hat.

These put-downs aren’t always a conscious choice, but once we pick a side, whether it's Windows vs OS X, Xbox vs Playstation, paid vs free software, or whatever else, we're going to create an "other." Once we do that, we're already accidentally on our way to fanboyism.

Another possible cause of fanboyism is what economists call the sunk cost fallacy. The sunk cost fallacy means you'll spend more money (and time) to salvage a purchase you've already made. but it fuels fanboyism just as well. And we keep looking for reasons to justify our previous purchase decisions because lo and behold we actually admit to ourselves we actually made a bad purchase decision. How would our fragile ego deal with that?

jlvelez1 said:

"I think iOS on the iPad feels like a stretched out iPhone. 3rd party apps have done well designing their apps that takes advantage of the bigger screen but Apple at the OS level and their own apps have not. Lots of wasted space and not taking advantage of the big screen. That is what's keeping the iPad from really being a true laptop replacement and the Pro from being a true pro device. Apple needs to do better with iOS on the iPad." Agree completely. Notice that the iPad is the only Apple device without its own OS, and its a big mistake. They are limiting the device severely. The iPad have a totally different set of use cases.

Oh jeez, this sounds just like the "iPad is just a big iPhone", Apple is doomed rant that went on years ago. C'mon 

cali said:

alwaysok said:

I would like to see in IOS 10 the capability to record phone calls in encrypted form in iCloud or on the phone itself.

I remember having an old crappy phone(Symbian?) in 2005 that did this. It was cool because you can play recorded calls for others on the phone.

Been waiting for this since then and disappointed in 2016 it still hasn't arrived.

You do realize that it is illegal to record a phone call without the others party's consent in many jurisdictions?

NY1822 said:

sog35 said:

agree.

Follow Buffett guys. Buy stock now and hold for 5-10 years and you probably will be smiling.

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2016/03/15/what-will-apple-incs-dividend-be-in-5-years.aspx

The motley fool articles are simply bait click to get you to pay for their foolish pitch on the next wonder stock. They are simply con artists